"A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from." (Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living", 1937)
"After all, only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them. Seriousness, after all, is only a sign of effort, and effort is a sign of imperfect mastery." (Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living", 1937)
"Now it must be taken for granted that simplicity of life and thought is the highest and sanest ideal for civilization and culture, that when a civilization loses simplicity and the sophisticated do not return to unsophistication, civilization becomes increasingly full of troubles and degenerates. Man then becomes the slave of the ideas, thoughts, ambitions and social systems that are his own product." (Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living", 1937)
"Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst." (Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living", 1937)
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." (Lin Yutang)
"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." (Lin Yutang)
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." (Lin Yutang)
"Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do." (Lin Yutang)
"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought." (Lin Yutang)
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